Cartel CT-1000 - The Bluetooth Car Kit that wants to be a Car Phone

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Car Phones have long gone the way of the Dodo and now roam the planet as static props in luxury classic cars. There have been modern takes on adapting these old phones to work with modern phones but only once that I can find was there ever a commercial product that gave you the look and feel of a car phone while actually being just a hands-free Bluetooth device. Lets take a look at the rather expensive and uncommon CT-1000 and see if it lives up to the name.
Cartel Mobile Solution's Website (as of 2016. The last year the site was still up) - web.archive.org/web/201606250...
A simplified guide and the wiring diagram for the CT-1000 can be found here - archive.org/details/ct1000-inst
As far as I can tell, this is the full Users Manual provided by CarTel and submitted to the FCC - archive.org/details/car-tel-c...
Here's UselessPickle's finished Bleutooth adapter for the Mitsubishi DiamondTel - • Mitsubishi 3000GT Fact...
Again, I'm not downplaying in the video that he should of done something better or more common and therefore his work is not interesting. (or at least in editing I felt I was sounding too negative) The fact remains nobody has tried this on their own before him and succeeded. 1 is more than 0. I still strongly appreciate and respect the work he put into how clean it is. Good job!
Remember to follow me on "X" at @CelGenStudios to keep up to date on what I am doing and what might be happening in the next video.

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@evanbarnes9984 24 дня назад

I feel like they needed to think twice about choosing the name "Cartel Solutions." Sounds like a logistics company that specializes in submarine shipping

@CelGenStudios 24 дня назад

Believe me, that was HEAVILY burdening me research on this.

@thcoura 24 дня назад

Well thought joke 😂

@BillAnt 23 дня назад

The cartels will be all over this phone. lol Back in the late 80's early 90's they used the Motorola DPC Micro-Tac flip with modified firmware for free calls. Somehow I got one (I'm not cartel affiliated at all), and it was quite interesting. lol

@StringerNews1 21 день назад

Just as low-level drug dealers in the '80s all carried pagers, the higher-ups carried AMPS phones. Heck, I even heard a drug deal when listening to IMTS calls on my scanner!

@BrianRRenfro 20 дней назад

A man with a dozen old car phones and zero hair brushes deserves my subscription!

@CelGenStudios 20 дней назад

The hair seems to have a mind of its own! D:

@hburke7799 24 дня назад

I love the Mini-Disc Stereo!

@user-fv7cn9ku2x День назад

Can u write ur own mini-discs like those cdrw that are normal sized cds?

@jessicam.4148 24 дня назад

That four screw mount the car phones used became a defacto standard that was referred to as an AMPS mount

@CelGenStudios 23 дня назад

I was not aware that was actually a standard! o:

@Scotty_in_Ohio 19 дней назад

a STARTAC without the antenna "droop" is a very, very rare thing! The printer, copier and other items in the background both excite me and trigger printer based PTSD - the only thing that would be worse would be the Motorola pager "Triangle" tone...

@spyderxs7000 13 дней назад

Its the reason I subscribed to his channel lol

@TechGorilla1987 23 дня назад

Before I even watch the video, I want to make a comment. Remember "Spencers Gifts"? Back when I was just out of HS, I bought a plastic "car phone" from one of their mall stores. It came complete with a mounting base, handset and fake antenna to stick on your roof. We would pile in the car and drive around the are pretending that we were talking on a real car phone. Those were the days. That was right about the time that pagers were popular.

@drwheycooler8423 13 дней назад

The CELLUCLONE!!!! I had one in my 1978 Ford Fairmont! It was so obviously fake...yet people thought it was real!

@K-Riz314 9 дней назад

That was it! The dial pad was phosphorescent so it would look backlit at night. Awesome to run into people who remember this obscure ancient relic. @@drwheycooler8423

@xXRedTheDragonXx 23 дня назад

How am I now just finding your channel? It feels like you should have tons more subscribers, your videos are amazing!

@CelGenStudios 22 дня назад

I've given up trying to figure this one out and just assume that if stat points were a thing, "luck" would be set to 0.

@MrHack4never 23 дня назад

(new car phone in the 2000's) I can imagine that it would be useful for taxi's, busses and miscellaneous bulk transport (and other work 99% done in a vehicle) would still have a use for this sort of thing, whether it's for breakdowns, new orders, or just double-checking information, but there would still be a cost comparison with normal cell phones

@50shadesofbeige88 24 дня назад

I do love the StarTAC.

@CelGenStudios 24 дня назад

I mean, why would anyone not love the StarTAC?

@coreybabcock2023 13 дней назад

I sold one in 98 at the age of 14 for 250.00 to s guy named choi in Appleton WI at the Fox River Mall he worked for century tel

@Scotty_in_Ohio 19 дней назад

With a late 80's / early 90's (RAD) car and this you could "win" cars and coffee and move on to the semifinals for sure.

@trr5291 16 часов назад

Someone I know had a car phone in the late 90s. She is a real estate agent. She would drive down the road while setting up appointments. You would never get away with that today.

@Subgunman 20 дней назад

Have a Sony Ericsson T610 GSM CELL PHONE. Have the car kit that allows the use of an external antenna, a hands free microphone and remote speaker. I even have the micro QWERTY keyboard to send SMS messages with ease. Cut my teeth on the AMPS systems. Was a certified tech to repair Motorola AMPS phones down to component level repair of surface mount components. Even certified for OKI, MITSUBISHI, NEC, AUDIOVOX, E.F. JOHNSON, OF THE MOST POPULAR BRANDS IN THE DAY. The Motorola phones shown in this video were third and fourth generation AMPS phones. The handsets are pretty useless however the second generation transceiver chassis is useable for other uses, it has a locking mounting base. Great for using for housing GPS AND MONITORING equipment. Interesting, that is the exact same shifter used in my 1972 Ford Mustang.

@coreybabcock2023 13 дней назад

I miss those days especially at cell com out of Green Bay WI and cellular one out of Appleton WI and US cellular and centurytel

@coreybabcock2023 13 дней назад

I was the uncertified go to 3rd party parts and repair guy at the age of 17 18 19 20 21

@beekaye1496 5 дней назад

Man, what a remembrance of the car phone. I had mines back in 1990 and hate that I got rid of it just for nostalgia .

@codycarreras4825 20 дней назад

Wow, this is incredible. I’m going to be after this thing forever now. Very sad to see these old cellular networks get shut down, and all these amazing phones just about obsolete now. Just found your channel, great stuff. I love old cellular stuff, those were my heydays. I have tons of old phones, probably about 150 still, much less than I once did. They were much more exotic and exciting back then. I had an active car phone until AMPS shutdown. The only cellular phones that would be able to carry a call through a deep canyon nearby was the car phone with its 3W. Still no replacement coverage there to this day. This thing really is something else.

@cocusar 24 дня назад

Even for a niche product, that one might have been a little bit overpriced. Even the 400 CAD they asked you for that unit. but thank you for showing this. a nice device, but the fact it's not a "hands free" might be a little bit dangerous for driving

@CelGenStudios 23 дня назад

Yeah it was a tough pill to swallow. It had not moved on ebay so I saved up and just pulled the trigger....then it's sat in storage for the last five years while I worked on how to make this video. >_>

@Ollila11 22 дня назад

Peitel still makes new carphones

@ManiacalMichael504 24 дня назад

Nice, I remember reading about these years ago but never saw one. Really nice to see it demonstrated!

@bnuttsgee 13 дней назад

Installed a few of these up till 2016 .These were mostly installed in vip cars. Was popular in the NY/NJ area .

@raphaelschneider7852 24 дня назад

Oh no what did u do xD Now I want one for my station wagon :D Very informative and interesting video! Thank you ^^

@CelGenStudios 24 дня назад

There is exactly one on ebay right but but it's $700USD. Do not pay $700 for one of these. It is not worth that kind of money. D:

@raycosman824 18 дней назад

My first cell was a bag phone, had a flip phone that would plug into the car and be used like a normal car phone. Also had the very small flip that was almost too small. All were Motorola.

@markpitts5194 24 дня назад

I roam arround in a couple of 25 year old Citroen Xantias, I could quite fancy this, sorta period correct. Thanks John.

@lukeclifton4392 20 часов назад

First time stumbling across your channel. The content got me… the LaserJet sold me. *Subscribed* 👍

@ReaperRestorations 23 дня назад

what a cool accessory in the 'ole Eagle.

@oldmanairsoft4716 10 дней назад

I almost got one of these at a amazon buy-back store last week for $8, but I put it down. Man, do I wish I had bought it now.

@P-J-W-777 12 дней назад

I had the first Motorola car phone you showed and the second bag phone as well as both flip phones. I also had 2 different car phones that had a 2 way radio built in and several other car phones back in the day.

@marioga90 2 дня назад

I remember when my mom got a car phone installed in our family SUV I use to think it was the coolest thing!! I remember getting third degree burns during summer on the mount.

@br3nd4n 20 дней назад

This man is a National Treasure! 🍁

@elischwartz1919 5 дней назад

Great review! Ive had these in my vehicles till around 2 years ago. In fact my first CT-1000 was probably from the first 10 that were manufactured.. Although im a bit biased, i gotta say their car phone models were amazing. They sold this all over the US, Canada and other countries and was widely sold by verizon . I know some of this because the designer of this product is my brother. His background prior to designing and manufacturing these is from being an upfitter so he knew what the end user and installers like. Thanks again for this review, i was excited to see it update; P.s. the pad dialing is to enter a phone number as a notepad. It was most useful when someone would dial into their voicemail and wanted to save a number. In general, if you pressed any buttons it would either delete your message or do whatever,, so what thebpad did, it disabled the DTMF

@CelGenStudios 4 дня назад

Tell your brother he made a great product. I've now had it in the car for about a month and have not had any complaints about it. I strongly recommend it.

@elischwartz1919 2 дня назад

Will do ! @@CelGenStudios

@ScottGrammer 9 дней назад

My first cell phone was a bag phone - about three times the size of the one you showed at 1:56. That was in 1989.

@OldCBnGuns День назад

I didn’t expect the AMC that’s a nice surprise! Neat!

@lezzbmm 23 дня назад

16:00 interesting i was thinking that the “hands free” laws were prolly a big part of this type of product’s decline,, but the 2.5mm jack for headsets is interesting guess price was a big detractor like u said lmaoo thanks for researching and sharing !

@lezzbmm 23 дня назад

wow ok the output coming out over the car speakers and pausing the music is fkn sick

@robertmoorej 5 дней назад

My 99 Lexus gs400 had an OEM startac dock in the armrest.

@TechGorilla1987 23 дня назад

@1:32 - I watch old TV shows from PB and if you watch a lot of the Columbo or McMillan and Wife episodes, you see them using these car phones a bunch. For the very early 70's, some of the technology available was pretty amazing. One episode of Columbo had a phone system that would read a card and then make a phone call to a patient and leave a prerecorded message as an appointment reminder. All automated. in 1969.

@coreybabcock2023 13 дней назад

I used to program those and know the secret codes and had the Motorola bible ! Memorized !

@spooley 24 дня назад

Wow, that takes me back. Had a bag phone through a carrier called Cantel - thought this was going to be a review. Can remember the manufacturers warned not to use it around gas pumps, supposedly a spark was possible when you made a call.

@CelGenStudios 24 дня назад

I got a few phones that are branded by the old CANTEL/CANTEL AT&T before they were absorbed into Rogers.

@spooley 24 дня назад

The official cellular network of the Blue Jays. At the end of a game they reminded you the postgame show was starting and if you were on Cantel it was free, just dial *123. Man, the stuff the brain can retain. Congrats on the workaround.

@yolo_burrito 8 дней назад

The old Sim Cards in the StarTac was the same size as a credit card.

@coreybabcock2023 13 дней назад

I worked at a independent shop in Oshkosh wi called kline cellular and yes amps was sunset in 2008 I remember the exact day that happened my analog digital phone went from analog to digital 1xrtt that moment Verizon shut down the amps sites

@TiltedTripodMedia 9 дней назад

What you were describing before pulling out the cartel was apple carplay. I think the cartel is cool from a retro aspect but in many states would be local to use sadly and for good reason.

@JacobTechShit 5 дней назад

The light switch on your wall legitimately bothers me 😂

@siliconinsect 19 дней назад

Nice LJ4+! Still using one and with JetDirect prints from modern Android and Win11. Always fun when it says the Paper Cassette needs to be LOADed with LETTER ;-)

@coreybabcock2023 13 дней назад

I Miss installing those things and the analog network and carrying around my diamondtel bag phone

@juxxtapoz 19 дней назад

Black Mesa soundtrack? Good choice!

@mcidor 7 дней назад

I might still have one from my Nokia phone that was installed in my 1997 Honda Civic in 2001. I took it out of the car after getting a phone that didn’t work with it in 2005 ish.

@danisgay100 22 дня назад

The only thing I would want to add is that amps car / bag phone was 3 watts vs. .4~ watts for handheld so better range

@KaliRoseWolf 24 дня назад

Now I wana know, can it hijack the stereo to play music? If it does can the "car phone" be used to control the misic and show titles & stuff

@CelGenStudios 23 дня назад

Supposedly the Cartel CT-2000 added support for audio playback and control.

@Wineman3383 20 дней назад

Cool phone

@mark12.31 13 дней назад

I see a used one listed on eBay for...$699! Does have best offer option, though.

@user-zj2wm1hy4q 20 дней назад

Well, i used a lot the motorolas from 92 up to 96. The battery from the Motorola startac didn't last days. It lasts approximately 8 hours with the original battery, or around 12 hours with the big battery, sold as optional. If you speak for 10 or 20 minutes, the battery would last way less.. everybody use the car charge always connected when in the car. The long life battery started in 96 when networks started to install digital towers. In this period they have launched the famous Nokias that were full digital and could last days with no charge.

@christodd3361 День назад

I demand to know how you traveled here from 1978.

@kopspijker3515 23 дня назад

Is it for calling only or can you also play music over it?

@CelGenStudios 23 дня назад

Calling only. No music.

@50shadesofbeige88 24 дня назад

Oh its 'Car-Tel' not Cartel lol.

@TiltedTripodMedia 9 дней назад

Ok so if your only going to use it hands free you might as well just stick with your cars Bluetooth or CarPlay and if you want the cool look of a car phone just slap an old one in for looks. Most states won’t let you talk on the handset which is the entire point of the coolness behind the cartel.

@CelGenStudios 9 дней назад

I think that is why they left the hands-free feature in it. Even by the late 2000's it was a stretch to have a handheld phone in your car but the hands-free provided a loophole.

@TiltedTripodMedia 9 дней назад

@@CelGenStudios ahh yeah that makes sense but still isn’t the cool factor that you pick up the handset and use it like an old school car phone? And most states have made that illegal 🤷🏼‍♂️

@TexasScout 13 дней назад

What car is that a Ford Fairmont?

@CelGenStudios 13 дней назад

AMC Eagle

@charlesurrea1451 10 дней назад

Protocol between the handset and the radio box? I'm going to have to call BS on this. As I recall those were all analog. There was no digital Communications between anything other than, well, nothing really. They were simply full duplex radios.

@Skunkhunt_42 21 день назад

This in my 1995 volvo 850

@CelGenStudios 21 день назад

Might I ask for an opinion now that you've had it installed for....well I don't know how long but I'm curious to hear.

@BVN-TEXAS 12 дней назад

I remember people selling fake car phone antennas.

@edwardgreenjr167 3 дня назад

My first thought seeing this was who is going to be THAT cop pulling you over for talking on a legit car phone? Poor guy was probably a fetus when this style was common and would have no clue.

@CelGenStudios 2 дня назад

We didn't even get that extreme before it turned heads. I had the car in for a muffler replacement and when I picked it up I had two guys in the shop asking "where the HELL did you find that?"